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...Rogers, Ark. Most of the time, there's nary an Asian face in the room, but the point was never to target Chinese customers by serving authentic cuisine. That's why every outlet features a prominent bar and a Top 40 sound track with Sheryl Crow and U2. The cuisine, a hybridized version of Chinese food that would be unrecognizable in most parts of China, includes cheese-covered Sichuan Chicken Flatbread, Dynamite Shrimp served in a martini glass and, for dessert, the Great Wall of Chocolate. In fact, as far as chefs go, the company says the less exposure...
...night we just put on jazz because head banging rock and roll isn’t the best stuff to fall asleep too,” says Pinker. During the day, he admits to being a fan of U2, the Rolling Stones, and Springstein...
...into controversy in 1991 when a CD was released that included profane remarks he had made on tape dismissing the band U2. "This is b-------," he said. "Nobody cares. These guys are from England and who gives a s---?'" (See the top 10 celebrity meltdowns...
...Jazz Festival, www.montreuxjazz.com, which will run for its 43rd season July 3-18 on Switzerland's Lake Geneva. Nobs, an energetic 73-year-old, was recently in London to help celebrate the 50th anniversary of his friend Chris Blackwell's Island Records, which brought everyone from Bob Marley to U2 to world prominence. Passing out leaflets for Montreux at a commemorative concert in London, Nobs says more than one hipster handed them back with the words, "Jazz? No thanks." (See TIME's Global Adviser for exotic, beautiful and interesting getaways...
...Amazon Encore pans out, what's to stop authors from signing directly with bookstores and cutting publishers out of the loop completely? U2 and Madonna don't have deals with record labels anymore; they did their deals with a concert promoter, LiveNation. That stuff that the labels used to do - production, promotion, distribution - it's just not that hard to DIY now or buy off the shelf. It's the same with publishing. Amazon could become the LiveNation of the book world, a literary ecosystem unto itself: agent, editor, publisher, printer and bookstore. It probably will...